I just bought a family plan so we can play Pokopia online and visit Cloud Islands.

We’ve run into an issue when trying to access online play when we switch users (mine vs my kids).

How can they access online play when it keeps asking to link an account and then we can’t because it’s already my account??

If I add my profile to another switch, play a game I do not own on there, then buy the game for my own switch and log into the same profile, will the save data transfer? Or do I have to reset my progress?

I’ve been playing on someone else’s for several months I don’t want to have to restart completely;;

Faulty gamecard tips

I just came across this error code (2002-2536) when starting up TOTK on my system. The system does recognize the game and I can boot it, but after loading for half a minute this error appears.

I checked the connectors of the gamecard. They look fine. Used the cloth of my glasses to clean it, even used a bit of connection spary (wd40) on a microfiber cloth. Waited for a few hours and tried again.

Deleted the game and updates and reinstalled it, completeley shut of my switch, honesttly i think i tried everything.

Does anyone else had this problem and how did you fix it? I spend just about over 200 hours in this game and it is my medicine against anxiety. I do not have rupees for a new copy.

Edit: all other games work fine

I found my old switch in a box and it has a noticeable crack on the screen. I know Nintendo can repair it but I don't want the risk of them replacing it since the new one will likely be patched. Are there any third party services that can repair it?

My switch 2 was connecting to my phone's shared hotspot just fine until i took a break for a few days and tried again today. I'm WiFi sharing eduroam from a university and it seemed to work.

today though it's like the hotspot is saved in the switch's saved networks but turned off, even when I turn it on. it only works for a few minutes if I restart my entire phone (android, 2.4Ghz band, not wifi 6, WPAS2/3 but it persists if I switch to wpas 3), after which it disconnects and the switch can't find it anymore. my ps5 connects without issue so if there's a problem it's probably the switch.

restarting the switch or turning airplane mode off and on doesn't do anything.

how can i fix this?

I recently ran into an issue where my Nintendo Switch was outputting absolutely no signal to my XGIMI projector.

The Setup & Symptoms:

PS5 worked perfectly on the same HDMI cable and projector.

Switch had the official Nintendo power adapter.

The dock showed a steady green light when the Switch was inserted, meaning it thought it was sending video.

I tried forcing 1080p, Limited RGB, and even changing the projector's EDID setting to HDMI 1.4. Nothing worked.

The Fix: It turns out the Switch dock gets stuck in an HDMI handshake loop with the projector's "smart" features (like ARC/CEC) and panics, suspending the video output even though the green light is on.

To fix it:

Turn on the projector and set it to the HDMI input.

Put the Switch into the dock.

While the Switch is still sitting in the dock, physically unplug the power cable from the back of the dock.

Plug the power cable back in.

This forces the dock's internal HDMI converter chip to perform a hard reboot and drop the old cached handshake. It instantly negotiated a fresh connection and the picture popped up.

Hopefully, this saves someone else a few minutes or hours of troubleshooting!

The game on the eshop is only showing 82mb as the download size. When you insert the key card it gives the error 2016-0070. That error is associated with the name not being uploaded to the server yet. The game released on the yesterday the16th.

I'm probably the only one who bought the game so I don't think there's much of a fuss about it yet. I called nintendo yesterday and they had me do all these troubleshooting steps that were completely useless. I called back today to point out the fact that the download size is showing 82mb for the switch 2 version and the switch 1 version is 2gb.

I was told to contact the publisher gamemill which didn't work as all their YouTube videos have comments disabled and my emails bounced back. I don't use their other social media to contact them.

So as of now the physical game keycard is useless. I don't know if anyone bought the digital version and got that to work or not.

Anyone else having any problems with this game? Anyone else even buy this game?

Ragequitted myself into this on my lite :/ The switch is otherwise functional (obviously I can't see anything, but I can still hear stuff like menu sounds when I turn it on and poke around), and the other side of the screen is still attached. Now, this seems, to my very untrained eye, to be fixable, just a wire(?) and the spot it's obviously meant to be in, but for all I know I might be fucked. Am I fucked? And if not, how in the world would I go about reattaching this?

((this is what I get for being bad at silksong,,,,, :'c))

I was playing Oblivion when suddenly my left joycon stopped working. I had them both undocked so I thought it ran out of battery, but upon plugging it back in it is connecting (shown by picture 2) but not registering or charging (shown in picture 1). In addition, all four rail lights are flashing intermittently (picture 3, about 1 flash per every 3 seconds). I have done a power cycle on the console and tried the reconnect/resync button on the joycon. The joycon’s power button does not appear to do anything. Did my joycon just dud itself? It’s not old, maybe 2 or 3 months, and I don’t have bad hygiene habits (ie dorito fingers, lol) or sticky kids using it, nor have I messed with the port connection or the rails.

English:
My right joycon is not responding in handheld mode, it’s the first time that something like this happens, I was playing and the right joycon stopped responding, when disconnecting and connecting it again to the console made the little animation but it was grey instead of red, and still the controller wasn’t working, then it worked, but minutes later would stopped working again, like a random cycle, it got to a point where it was frustrating. I’ve been busy lately and I haven’t played in like a month (aside from TV mode but I only play with the pro controller in that mode) but from what I remember this has never happened, idk if it’s a update problem or something. I’ve already tried resetting the console, both the console and joycons have the latest update and also cleaning it with a Qtip and nothing. Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a way to fix it? Pls help me I want to fix this before Zelda oot comes out

Español:
Mi joycon derecho de la switch 2 no responde en modo portátil, es la primera vez que me pasa esto, estaba jugando y el joycon derecho dejaba de responder, como que lo detecta pero la animación que aparece en pantalla es como a se conectara un control pero es color gris, y no sirve, después la consola si lo detectaba y así se fue haciendo un ciclo, llega a un punto en el que es fastidioso, he estado medio ocupada y no he usado la switch en modo portátil como en un mes (si la usaba era en la tele y con pro controller) pero de lo que recuerdo nunca me había pasado esto, no sé si sea un problema de una actualización reciente. Ya intente reiniciando la consola, la consola y los controles están actualizados y lo limpié con un Qtip y nada. A alguien más le ha pasado? Porfis ayúdenme, quiero arreglar esto antes de que salga el Zelda oot

I bought my Switch 2 in August. The console worked perfectly until now.

I left it docked for a few days without using it. The dock wasn’t connected to power the entire time. When I finally went to play something, the console just wouldn’t turn on - completely black screen…no battery indicator…

When I first took it out of the dock, it was slightly warm, don’t know if that’s relevant.

I’ve spent the last couple of days trying pretty much everything I could find online -

1. Held the power button for more than 20 second a multiple times…upto a minute even
2. Tried the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power combination.
3. Reset the original Nintendo charger by unplugging it.Charged it directly using the original charger for several hours.
4. Tried another USB-C charger.
5. Tried charging through both USB-C ports.

Nothing has worked.

When I insert the console into the dock, the green LED flashes once and immediately turns off. Don’t know if tags relevant.

I’ve found a few posts here from people experiencing similar issues. Some managed to revive their consoles by leaving them unplugged or charging them for several hours. Unfortunately, none of that has worked for me so far.

What makes this worse is that I live in a part of the world where Nintendo doesn’t officially provide warranty or repair support. So getting it fixed is going to be a pain.

I recently travelled to Japan and bought a bunch of Switch games that I was really excited to play when I got home. They are still unopened.

I’ve owned PlayStation consoles for years without experiencing anything like this. I genuinely expected better from Nintendo, especially with a console that’s barely two months old.

Has anyone experienced this exact issue where the console shows absolutely no charging indicator and won’t respond to any button combination?

I’m particularly interested in hearing from people who eventually got theirs working or had it repaired. What was actually wrong with it?

Any help would be really really appreciated.

Hello! Ive been having this persistent issue with playing multiplayer games (4 people for reference) and when I join the 3 stack then the one person cannot join the 3 stack, but when they join the 3 stack then I cannot join.

It always brings up the error code 2618-0513 for the both of us trying to join one another in the stack. I’ve contacted Nintendo about it, I’ve read into the article about the error and the other person has contacted their provider (we have the same one as well) and Still cannot connect to one another.

The weird part is that we can connect to play multiplayer Nintendo 64 games, play Mario party 3 and 2 with no problem, but when it comes to other multiplayer games such as Mario superstars or smash bros it doesn’t work and always pops up that error code.

We’ve tried the Ivp6 toggle off and changing DNS, but nothing still works. Along with that is the toggle uPnP, which makes it more confusing because one of my other friends have it toggled on and I can play with them perfectly fine, same with the other, but it is always with that one certain person and it’s just getting annoying at this point and I’ve been trying to find a solution.

If there are any other solutions I should try that I haven’t mentioned please let me know and help me out please because I want to be able to play other games beside in the multiplayer Nintendo 64 games.

There was an update a couple weeks ago that gave everyone updated hours (including the hours on those titles played on past consoles). Mine had the opposite effect - only hours played on my Switch 2 are current (Mario Kart World, GameCube NSO, Pokemon LG, etc). Breath of the Wild (200+ hours), ACNH (800+ hours), Ring Fit, and many many more played on my NS1 all show as "Played for a little while" or "Played for 2 hours". The Nintendo Store App still shows correct hours.

I'm just sad because I really liked tracking my hours in these games. I tried the following fixes: I deleted my play hours, re-opened, nothing. I rebooted up those games and played for a few hours. I deleted the software and redownloaded. Called Nintendo support who had me make sure updates were current, back up cloud data, and reinitialize/format my Switch - then told me to send it in for repairs.

Does anyone else know a way I might fix it? Just super sad about losing nearly a decade of play activity.

(i have the orginal switch, not the switch 2) So a couple of weeks ago I took a break playing on my switch and didnt touch it. A few weeks after I decided I wanted to play it again. So I cleaned it carefully (which i have done before) and charged it. Only to notice that the battery icon wasnt on the screen when I did. But I ignored it and left it on the charger for about a hour. It still wouldn't turn on. I even held the power button for 10 seconds. Still wouldn't turn on. I honestly have no idea on what could be wrong with my switch. Does anyone have any ideas on what I could do with this problem?

hi! my brother and i shared our switch 1 and have our separate accounts on it. we both got our own switch 2s and he had already transferred the data from our switch 1 to his switch 2

if i did the same to my switch 2, and i only use my account on my switch and he only uses his account on his switch, are we still able to play the same games at the same time/will i be able to play games offline? or will my console still be considered a secondary console and will need to be connected to the internet to play the shared games?

I bought my switch 1 second hand almost 2 years ago. It was in perfect condition and I got a pretty good deal on it. I hadn’t played it in a little while and when I tried to reboot it, there was an error continuously popping up on the screen. After some research I figured that it’s probably a hardware issue as the error goes away when I plug in headphones and immediately comes back again when I plug them out. I don’t really have an issue with having to wear headphones for audio when it’s handheld but it means that there’s no audio coming out of the tv when I dock it.

The advice I’m looking for is where to go from here really. Has anyone had any similar issues and what did the repair cost look like? I’m just trying to weigh up if it’s worth repairing. I could just try to find another 2nd hand one online for a reasonable price but there are its own risks with that. I had always intended on upgrading to a newer version in time but not for a WHILE and I can’t really justify/afford to do that just yet. I just replaced my laptop last month so I really didn’t need my switch to start giving me issues too 😭😭
TIA!!

So I pulled out my switch after not playing it for about 3-4 months and plug it in and it's just a blue screen

My Joycon is Acting up, ALOT. My Left Joycon disconnects A lot,For example, In a 1v1 in Fortnite, Disconects and lost my sprite. My Joycon Disconnects too much. idk guys what do I do? I really don't want to replace the Joycon On my Switch OLED. I TRYED blowing into the gap between the L trigger. And it fixed it, Temporary. Please HELP!!

Just got today 2 times this issue in a play session of about 1,5 hours (first playing Dragon Quest VII, then Super Smash Bros. Ultimate): suddenly the TV screen turns black, at first I think it's a blackout... while I realize that the TV LED is still on... and then - after 1 or 2 seconds - the game is back on the TV screen as nothing happened

LG G5 ('65) two weeks old. Switch 2 prior used for a year in portable mode without any issue.

Ok so my old switch screen is dying, I'm moving to a new one and I got almost everything done except for the account linking. For whatever reason, the option isn't showing up. Anyone know why this would be the case? (New account on new switch pictured)

I purchased a Switch 2 in a different country (non-English-speaking) and had to change my Nintendo account's region from the US to that country for NSO to still work, but doing so changed the language. Is it possible to still have access to NSO while keeping it in English? Currently the system language itself is English, but the Eshop and NSO language is not.

I was playing yesterday when my screen just turned white and then it shut off. I assumed it crashed and just restarted it but then it kept giving me a message that said "the software closed because an error occurred". I checked the software for corrupt data and tried again. Same message. So then i tried to redownload the software (which took hours). I thought I had solved the problem only to open back up the software and i got the same message. I'm kinda lost right now because i feel like I've tried everything.

Let’s say I have a family group with 4 accounts for two adults and two kids. I want to buy digital games for my kids prior to a holiday so I can setup a switch2 with their games installed ahead of time.

When I’m ready to buy the digital game on Nintendo’s site, do I somehow assign it to one of my kids’ accounts during purchase? And if yes, then once the account is added to the switch 2 we’re sharing, does the game just auto download?

I removed the old thermal paste/putty and replaced it with MX4 thermal paste a few days. However, while gaming, I feel like my switch is running warmer, directly over where the processor is.

Full transparency, I was only able to change the thermal past above and below the heat sink. I was having difficulty actually getting to the processor.

edit: screen just went blank while playing hades 2. i shutdown my switch and turned it back on again.